Cockpit confidential: investigating the Northwest Airlines pilots
New information released Monday said that the distracted pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, who overshot their landing strip in Minneapolis by 150 miles before turning around and landing safely, were using their personal laptops with their headphones off. For more, we talk with Patrick Smith, airline expert and author of the “Ask the Pilot” book and online column at Salon.com.
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